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The Sale of Goods Act, 1930

Section 40. Risk where goods are delivered at distant place.

Where the seller of goods agrees to deliver them at his own risk at a place other than that where they are when sold, the buyer shall, nevertheless, unless otherwise agreed, take any risk of deterioration in the goods necessarily incident to the course of transit.

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